Raiders-Falcons Monday Night Football: Offense, Special Teams drain energy from Allegiant Stadium

On December 18, 2024By Littum

Las Vegas Raiders and Atlanta Falcons could have played a primetime match on Monday night football in Week 15, but it was hard to tell given the lack of energy in Allegiant Stadium. And it was far from the fans’ fault as they just matched the Raiders’ performance.

There were several empty seats as no one should feel compelled to spend their hard earned money to watch a 2-11-now 2-12 club, and a pin drop could have been heard in several places throughout the evening. That’s what happens when an offense can only muster 249 yards, 45 of which came during a two-minute drive that was capped by a game-ending interception and a pathetic special teams performance.

Las Vegas’ offense yielded just seven points after giving up a safety while allowing two blocked punts, a blocked field goal and a long kickoff return to keep the home fans in their seats.

Granted, the defense played well with one interception, three sacks and just 15 points allowed, but it’s been the same story for the Silver and Black all season as the offense kills any momentum being generated. The result is an extension of the NFL’s longest losing streak, up to 10 games now, and several frustrated posts from Raider Nation on X/Twitter.

We could all use a few of these for this game.

Howie Long looks excited to be at the game…

A terrible call that gave Atlanta a first down.

This was called for scrubbing the ball and sealed the game for the Falcons. If it wasn’t called, the Raiders would get the ball back with two and a half minutes left with a two minute warning and one timeout remaining, down by six. Creepy. pic.twitter.com/buqddMTtt4

— Steven Cheah (@StevenCheah) 17 December 2024

That kind of night on offense.

An almost unbelievable stat that was just shown on the broadcast: it’s the 4th quarter and the Raiders wide receivers have combined for zero catches.

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) 17 December 2024

Stop me if you’ve heard it before, Antonio Pierce says the team is still struggling.

Pierce: “These guys don’t budge. I don’t budge. We keep chopping wood and at some point the damn thing is going to break and go our way.”

— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) 17 December 2024

Mark Davis recently said he likes how the Raiders are still “competitive” …

If the call for Antonio Pierce to come back next season isn’t blown the rest of the way, it was a welcome fourth quarter for him and Raiders owner Mark Davis.

— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) 17 December 2024

Desmond Ridder’s thoughts on the team he also said: “It was too little, too late.”

“It’s tough to be in the position we’re in.” said Knight. “We’re just looking … looking for a win, looking for positive energy. We’re fighting every single week. But we just keep saying we’re fighting and nothing’s happening where we can push over the edge and win.”

— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) 17 December 2024

It certainly looked like the Raiders were trying to get after Shedeur Sanders tonight.

Tankathon has the Raiders with the No. 1 pick right now, but apparently the NFL is giving it to the Giants.

If you thought the night was bad, wait until we get Mac Jones against Knight or a rushed Aidan O’Connell on Sunday.